I recently bought several pounds of Castlebrites, a standard shipping apricot, from a local market.
Receiving consent to search, the agent found several pounds of cocaine.
"Actually," interjected Mr. Manitoba in a burst of clarity, "several pounds of pot".
Is he carrying several pounds of ground coffee, or does he have beans and a grinder?
We all carry several pounds of plastic and dozens of toxic molecules dissolved in our bodies, he says.
I get thoroughly thrashed, and finally surface, gasping, with what feels like several pounds of sand inside my wetsuit.
Joel I. Klein, former schools chancellor, took several pounds of gold to serve as Rupert Murdoch's Man Friday.
Mr. Baron Cohen also appears to have shed several pounds of arm, leg and torso hair through waxing or electrolysis.
The owner of what was billed as the lone vegetarian restaurant in Omaha said it had several pounds of ground beef thrown at its doors shortly after opening.
Carnivorous farmed fish must be fed wild fish; for every pound of salmon eaten, several pounds of wild fish must be caught.
To set the train in motion, the operator presses down on the controller arm with several pounds of pressure, swivels it and holds on.
